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Originally Posted by summersm343
Haha. Same can be said for SEPTA. They are underfunded by over $300 million dollars. There are many extensions and new lines that need to go into the system but can't.
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I fell ya, summersm343! Both of our state governments are hostile to SEPTA & MARTA, respectively.
The big difference down here is that the state doesn't give them one damn dime. But they DO have a legislative oversight committee in place that dictates how they spend the tax dollars voted in by the residents of Fulton and DeKalb Counties to support and build the system! They are hamstrung no matter what they do. It is written into law that operations and capital improvements must be a 50/50 split. They have to go before the legislature to beg for the formula to be changed if any special needs or projects come up.
It's become even worse since the Republican takeover of all branches of state government here. There are many teabaggers that just want to strangle MARTA until it becomes so irrelevant that it dies and simply ceases to exist.